[GRLUG] globbing

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:30:17AM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> I discovered that only one directory is having the globbing problem,
> and it is the one with the largest number of files.  All other
> directories work fine, so it does appear that at some point I've
> exceeded the number of files that ftp globbing can handle.
> 
> Why there are limits I don't know, but it's why things like xargs
> exist.  But not in the ftp package.
> 
> I do have a ticket at the web hosting site, and as soon as they decide
> I've supplied enough information, maybe they'll come back with some
> kind of solution.  A remote shell would be nice..

Is the host running Linux?

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